Louis sanders



(No Model.)

L; SANDERS.

BELT SLIDE AND SKIRT SUPPORTER.

No. 548,462. Patented 001;. 22, 1895.

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LOUIS SANDERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ELIZA SANDERS.

BELT-SLIDE AND SKlRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 548,462, dated October 22, 1895.

Application filed September 9, 1895. Serial H0, 561 ,925. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SANDERS, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Belt-Slide and Skirt-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lily invention relates to a belt-slide and skirt-supporter; and the object of the invention is to provide a slide for belts which will have a broad tongue and a keeper to receive the tongue, the keeper serving as a guide for the slide on the belt.

A further object of the invention is to provide the body of the slide with hooks adapted for engagement with and to act as a support for a skirt, and, furthermore, to so construct the tongue that it will have a spur or pin adapted to enter the belt when the tongue is brought to an engagement with the keeper or the body of the slide, thereby holding the slide firmly in a given position on the belt, and prevlegting the belt from buckling up within the s 1 e.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved slide, showing the tongue open and the body of the slide applied to a belt; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the slide and belt, showing the tongue closed upon the body.

In carrying out the invention the slide consists primarily of a body A and a tongue B. The body is preferably made of sheet metal and may be ornamented as fancy may dictate, and at the upper portion of the body upon its inner or rear face guides 10 are constructed, which guides are preferably in the form of a hook, and they are curved downward from their point of attachment to the body and are made to approach the body somewhat closely at their free ends. Preferably the two hookguides are connected by a common shank; but they may be separated, if in practice it is found desirable.

At the lower end ofthe body of the slide,

and also upon its inner or rear face, two upwardly-extending hooks 11 are formed, and

these hooks are adapted to be engaged with the skirtfor the purpose of supporting the same and preventing it from leaving the belt 0. These supporting-hooks are connected ordinarily by a horizontal shank 12, and upon this shank the tongue B is pivoted, being therefore capable of passing downward between the supporting-hooks when the said tongue is opened out from the body of the slide.

The upper guidebooks 10 are preferably made of a spring material, such as wire, and combinedly serve as a keeper for the upper or free end of the tongue, and the space between the aforesaid guide-hooks 10 or members of the keeper is slightly less than the width of the tongue, so that by forcing the tongue at its free end between the aforesaid guide-hooks the said tongue will be firmly held parallel with the body. The tongue, while it may be of various forms, is preferably constructed as illustrated in Fig. 1, consisting of a plate of suitable length and width:

Near the pivot end of the tongue 13 a spur 18, pin, or the equivalent thereof is formed upon its front face, and when the tongue is locked to the body the said spur or pin will extend horizontally in direction of the inner or rear face of the body of the slide, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operation the belt at its upper edge is made to enter beneath the guide-hooks 10, as shown in the drawings, and the lower edge of the belt will be just above the pivot-point of the tongue. The tongue is then carried upward and pressed to an engagement with its keeper, and therefore the belt will be held between the tongue and the body of the slide; but the slide will be prevented from moving and the belt from buckling upwardly or wrinkling to any appreciable extent by rea son of the spur or pin 13 entering or being in compressing engagement with the belt, binding it firmly on the body, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, and, if desired, the spur or pin may be so made that it will pass through the belt.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A belt slide and skirt supporter, the same consisting of a body portion, a tongue pivoted to the body and provided with a retaining projection, hooks formed upon the body below its connection with the tongue, and a keeper attached to the body, adapted to receive the free end of the tongue, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A belt slide and skirt supporter, the same comprising a body section, a tongue pivotally connected with the body, hooks formed upon the body below the pivot point of the tongue, being adapted for engagement with a skirt, and guide books attached to the body, adapted to receive an edge of a belt and further adapted as a keeper for the free end of the tongue, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A belt slide and skirt supporter, the same comprising a body section, supporting hooks attached to the lower portion of the body section upon the inner face thereof, connected by a shank, a tongue pivoted upon the connecting shank of the supporting hooks, and

guide hooks attached to the inner face of the body near its opposite end, the said hooks being of a spring character, being adapted to receive beneath them an edge of a belt and likewise to receive between them the free end of the tongue, constituting a keeper therefor, as and for the purpose specified.

t. A belt slide and skirt supporter, the same consisting of a body, upwardly extending supporting hooks located near the lower end of the body, downwardly extending guide books attached to the upper portion of the body, and a tongue pivoted adjacent to the supporting hooks, the free end of the tongue being adapted to enter between the guide hooks, said hooks servingas akeeper for the said tongue, and a spur or pin carried by the tongue and facing the body, as and for the purpose specified.

LOUIS SANDERS.

Vitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, C. SEDGWICK. 

